Small is Interesting Equilibrium with Surface Tension

FIGURE 14.4 Osmotic flow directions as a function of (Fsalt Ffresh) d Fosmotic- 

Gas-liquid interfaces exert forces due to the surface tension of the liquid. For most systems of engineering importance, these forces are negligible. However, for small bubbles and drops, surface forces are very important, as shown here. Several other situations in which surface tension is important are not considered here, such as emulsions, coatings, candle wicks, sweat solder fittings, multiphase flow in porous media, and ink-jet printers [6, Chapter 14], 

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